Dihua was originally a boat man of Suoxia City-State, but a few years ago, the East China Sea Alliance and the Bohai Alliance fought, and Suoxia City was destroyed, so he had to flee here.

"It's been a hard time."

"Fortunately, Xiao Yan is very sensible, and basically doesn't let me worry about it, he seems to be psychic."

"The poor man's child is in charge of the house early, in fact, he is a good fortune teller, I see that you often call him young master, he must be very fond of him."

Dihua's eyes were a little gloomy: "Actually, I'm just a maid of his family, and I took him out when I was in trouble." ”

"That's your lady in the house?"

"No, she's just the young master's nurse, and she escaped with us at that time."

"Oh" Since she escaped with the first flower at the time, she must have been sober, but now she has become so crazy? Eagle Qiu Danqing couldn't help but ask: "How did she become like this?" ”

"Originally, we planned to go to her house for a while, but we saw that the rebels threw her son to death," Dihua looked gloomy: "Then she became demented." ”

Seeing his son die with his own eyes, he felt the same way. After a moment of silence, he asked, "What about Cher?" ”

Dihua was a little embarrassed: "I met a gangster on the way to escape." ”

Dihua's words are not finished, the meaning is clear, and the carving of the hatred Danqing will not ask more. has to take care of the little master, and has to take care of the crazy girl who is waiting to give birth, I really don't know how this woman has survived in the past few years.

"The young master is also suffering with me, and I don't have any skills, at most I can fish, weave nets, and I wanted to find a boat on Weishan Lake to live, but I didn't think of it before I knew that the Duchy of Weilan blocked the lake and prevented the people from fishing, so I had no choice but to beg everywhere, and I encountered a catastrophe, and I didn't know how to live." Dihua actually didn't want to explain her relationship with Xiaoyu, over the years, she could be said to have taken care of Xiaoyu like a mother, but she didn't dare to recognize this "godson" in her heart. The blood of the master's family is something that a servant like her can climb? Naturally not, so it has always been vague.

"Don't let the people fish? And such a thing? "The Duchy of Weilan used to be the head of the East China Sea Alliance, and it had an extremely high status among the princes of the River, how could it issue such an unsympathetic ban?

"It's not that it's not forbidden, but after the death of the previous Duke of Weilan, leaving two sons and two parties fighting for the castle, the decree was changed three times a day, one would let it, and one would not let it, and the fishermen didn't know where to pay taxes, so they simply stopped fishing. The other two sides fought in the lake, burned many boats, and killed many people, and soon there was an epidemic in this area, and everyone said that it was a disease that was caused by fish eating people and being eaten by people, and the big guys did not dare to eat fish. Dihua's face was full of helplessness, she was a foreigner, she didn't know the Tao inside, and the local fishermen stopped fishing, so she naturally kept it secret.

"How can fishermen live if they don't fish?" It's like asking the horses not to eat grass and the herdsmen not to hunt, so is it child's play for those in power to govern the territory in the river.

"They went to be boatmen, and over the years, Da Song has dredged the canal, and many goods have been transported from Yanhu City, and there are many canal boats coming and going. Yanhu City used to be called Yanhu Fort, but now it is a big city, and it needs a lot of people, and many people around it are working there. ”

Carving Qiu Danqing frowned and said: "Since there is urban development, why don't you find a job inside?" ”

"Food is expensive."

Indeed, the establishment of a city must be the convergence of population, the increase of grain production, most of the population of the city will be separated from the land, in the Central Plains big cities there are many big lords, they have absorbed too many resources, small cities want to develop, there is a natural weakness in the snatching of food and some necessary resources. Especially this Yanhu Fort, the title of the castle lord is only a viscount, previously just an inconspicuous little lord of the Weilan Principality, the Weilan Principality was in internal strife, and could not guarantee the smooth flow of the Huaihai Canal (Jiangnan materials mostly went north by sea boats, disembarked from Lianyungang, and transferred Pengcheng and Xuzhou through the canal), Nan Songhua made great efforts to dredge the abandoned Grand Canal Yangzhou to Weishan Lake, making it a big hub connecting Jiangnan and Hebei again, thus achieving the Yanhu Fort located at the mouth of Weishan Lake.

The increasing number of people is good for the development of the local economy, but the civil war of the two alliances between the rivers and the shrinking of the grain fields in the whole region, and the natural disaster of potatoes have made it difficult for this new city to adapt, many regulations have not been optimized, the social division of labor has not been completed, and the influx of a large number of refugees has swallowed up the grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River, and the dense population has brought epidemics, so that Yanhu Fort has fallen into a situation from which it will never recover.

The target of this surprise attack of Eagle Qiu Danqing was originally chosen here, as long as this place is occupied, it can completely cut off the connection between the Song Dynasty and the river, there is no water transportation, no matter how much food relies on manpower and animal power alone, it can not meet the needs of the entire river, and occupying the mouth of the lake is equivalent to choking the neck of the princes of the river.

But the plague forced him to think about another plan, after all, in addition to occupying this place, he also needed to hold on, no army could be stationed in a place where the plague was rampant, and Eagle Qiu Danqing did not intend to take his people to take this risk. So I chose Qufu, which is a spiritual symbol of the river.

At this moment, carving Qiu Danqing understands the difficulties of the first flower, where the plague is rampant and the victims are all over the place, if a woman still wants to survive, it is too hard, and there will even be some work, selling children and daughters are the norm, in order to survive, the only thing a woman who has no power to do is the oldest business in the world. "You were right to escape."

Dihua lowered her head a little embarrassed by him, and said in a cowardly voice, "You won't kill us, will you?" ”

Eagle Qiu Danqing was a little surprised, could it be that he was so bloodthirsty? "Why do you think that?"

Dihua is a little overwhelmed, does she still need to say the reason for thinking so? "The little master is the last seed of the master, he is still young, he doesn't understand anything, and he can't remember, if you leave, I'm afraid that we will expose our whereabouts, I will prepare some dry food for him, and send him and Xue'er to An Shitang, I heard that there is a miracle doctor there to help the poor and eliminate the epidemic, they should be more secure when they get there than follow me."

"Miracle doctors, miracle doctors everywhere." Diao Qiu Danqing stood up: "Don't believe this, your young master should bring it yourself, this is the real security." ”

Seeing that Eagle Qiu Danqing stood up, Dihua couldn't help but follow.

"Don't you move, don't you notice anything strange?"

Seeing that Eagle Qiu Danqing pulled out the golden knife in his hand, Dihua's heart trembled, and he was unusually quiet all around, what was so strange, did he have to do it?

Seeing that she seemed to be a little scared, Qiu Danqing motioned not to make a sound, and said in a low voice: "Kui Niu sleeps, there has always been constant thunder, but now you listen to it, but there is no sound." ”

Only then did the first flower realize that it was indeed strange, and only then did Xiao Yu touch her round belly and leave, not knowing where it was, the first flower whispered in horror: "Little master, little young master." ”

Seeing the first flower shouting, Eagle Qiu Danqing stomped his feet and rushed towards the low wall, trying to take the lead as much as possible.

Dihua pushed the door into the house in a panic, and found that there were only Xue'er and the crazy girl on the bed, turned around and caught up, and was about to shout as soon as she reached the corner: "Little master." But he was hugged by Qiu Danqing and covered his mouth.

The first flower instinctively stepped on him, the painful carving Qiu Danqing's face and mouth were kneaded together, but he didn't make a sound, and then he looked at it, only to see that the cow was lying in the haystack and sleeping, and the little boy with a full stomach was lying in his arms steadily, with a huge body and a petite child, with a peaceful face and sleeping soundly.

The first flower was not at ease, so she stepped forward and pushed Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu took a turn, and the whole person lay on Kui Niu.

After confirming that the two of them were safe, the first pollen blushed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, I just stepped on you." ”

Carving Qiu Danqing waved his hand speechlessly, put away the golden knife, limped back to the barbecue place and sat down, Dihua followed with a guilty face, and when he saw him sit down, his heart was full of uneasiness, and he turned around and left.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll bring the young master over, lest that stupid big man turn around and crush him."

"Eh" is not easy to stop, in fact, the carving of the enemy Danqing is also afraid in his heart.

The first flower cautiously approached Kui Niu, just put her hand on Xiao Yan, squatted down, Kui Niu suddenly opened her eyes, and scared the first flower to sit aside. Kui Niu saw that it was the first flower, and saw the carving Qiu Danqing who heard the sound, and did not speak, only one sideways hugged Xiao Yu in his arms, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

Seeing Dihua rubbing her buttocks, Eagle Qiu Danqing laughed and said, "Now the two of us are even." He handed the first flower a barbecue to relieve the embarrassment of both parties.

Dihua ate half a skewer of barbecue angrily, put it down, and still looked at the corner with some unease.

"Don't worry, this cow barely moves when it sleeps, it sleeps very shallowly, and it only sleeps four hours a day before it is alive."

"Four hours?"

"The two hours you often call them."

"The hour is the hour, why do you say the hour?"

"Be precise." Diao Qiu patiently explained: "In this way, midnight to noon is twelve hours in the morning, noon to midnight is twelve hours in the evening, the army fights, the time requirements are harsh, the accuracy must be high, if it is calculated according to the twelve hours of the day, the error is too large, and"

"Isn't it just a pocket watch, I know."

"Uh" is so embarrassing, carving Qiu Danqing for a while, the pocket watch, he has fought in the northern Xinjiang to get, it seems to be from the west of the Western Regions, he has organized the best craftsmen to try to copy, but the spare parts inside are too fine, the big pavilion country is at a loss, the sky uses its principle, improve the waterwheel, I didn't expect a little maid in the river to know the pocket watch, carving Qiu Danqing more and more believe that the Maritime Silk Road is far better than the Hexi Corridor.

Although chatting with Dihua can't know more about the major events in the river, it also gives Diao Qiu Danqing a new understanding of this world, and a barbecue makes the relationship between Dihua and Diao Qiu Danqing harmonious, and the two talk to each other, and occasionally laugh happily.